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Off season vs Contest weigh/bf%

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Thought this might be a little fun to get get everyone's opinion on what is acceptable off season weight/bf% and realistically what on stage weight/bf% would be.

This concept just recently popped into my head after competing in my first show a few weeks ago. I began dieting 15 weeks out @ 216lbs 9%bf. I thought to myself "i can probably grow into the show and step on stage at around 200lb 5%bf%...

...well man was i wrong! Ended up weighing in the night before @ 187lbs ~5%bf. I clearly over dieted and lost muscle, but hey it was my first time actually dieting and i didnt know exactly what i was doing.

This just showed me that i HAVE to pack on more weight next time before dieting.

My realistic view now is:

Off season - 235-240lbs 15%bf max
Stage - 195-205lbs 4-5%bf

Just from all the transformations ive seen take place on this board, a 40-50lb weight loss from off season to stage condition seems to be the average.

So what are ur thoughts? What are ur plans for off season/stage weight and bf%?
 
Personally, I used to feel 12% should be the limit in the offseason. Now that i am older i feel there really is no need to go above 10%. I always strive for below 4% on show day. For people losing 50 plus pounds to come in shape is downright too fat to begin with.
 
Personally, I used to feel 12% should be the limit in the offseason. Now that i am older i feel there really is no need to go above 10%. I always strive for below 4% on show day. For people losing 50 plus pounds to come in shape is downright too fat to begin with.

I do agree with this. I am/was the type that believed in slow lean gains without an increase in bodyfat, but recently discovered thats not how MY body wants to work. In a perfect world i would love to be able to stay within 20lbs of competition weight/condition, but thats not going to happen for me at this stage in my growing.
 
295-305 17% bodyfat.

240-245 3-4% bodyfat.
 

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